The biggest fight let downs in history

Fights that never matched their potential

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Fights that never matched their potential

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trinidad vs. delahoya has gotta #1 on that list

Ali-Liston II

Winky Wright vs. Trinidad

Bernard Hopkins vs Jermain Taylor 1 and 2

I have a few personal....

Lewis/Golota...At the time I though Golota would pan out to something....His fights with Bowe he seemed like a bad MOFO who just had to keep them up a little bit to avoid DQ....He was blown out like it was his pro debut and he was doing it against the champ

Tszyu/Hatton...Thought it would be back and forth slugfest....Tszyu aged overnight....

Tyson/Spinks...Who thought Michael would fold that quick

Castillo v Corrales II and III
And for Uncle Sam Rahman v Maskaev ;)
Hopkins v Taylor I and II is a good call. Complete stinkers.

Barrera-Juarez II, although marco won it didn't have the intensity, drama and ebb and flow of their first fight.

Harrison v Williams for us Brits.

Roy Jones v Toney (knock down/ Push, aside) was a bit of a snooze fest.

Oh and Every other Emmanuel Augustus fight! >:mad

Sam Soliman vs Winky Wright
Arturo Gatti vs Leonard Dorin
De La Hoya vs Trinidad
Cintron vs Margarito

De La Hoya vs Trinidad tops my list, the other fights are just disappointments in my opinion.

Tyson - Lewis

I really thought Tyson would give Lennox a run for his money. I remember reflecting back on Rachman's one punch destruction of Lewis and Oliver Mccalls tap dance , and Ray Mercer 12 round beat down of Lewis, Hell yeah Ray beat his country ass ;) those fukin judges ! ;D! . I really thought Mike would have taking him out. very disappointed in that fight

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Tyson - Lewis

I really thought Tyson would give Lennox a run for his money. I remember reflecting back on Rachman's one punch destruction of Lewis and Oliver Mccalls tap dance , and Ray Mercer 12 round beat down of Lewis, Hell yeah Ray beat his country ass ;) those fukin judges ! ;D! . I really thought Mike would have taking him out. very disappointed in that fight

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Yeah I was just a kid when that fight went down, like 14 I think, or 13, I don't remember exactly, but I always liked Tyson, least how he fought not his antics, and I thought he had a real shot of knocking out Lennox. He was talking hella tough, and afterall Rahman did it. But instead he took a hellacious ass kicking, but took it like a man, no quitting, least not that night.
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Mayorga vs Delahoya >:mad :-[ :'(
Roy Jones vs Tarver II :o :'(
Roy Jones vs Glen Johnson :o :'(

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Tyson - Lewis

I really thought Tyson would give Lennox a run for his money. I remember reflecting back on Rachman's one punch destruction of Lewis and Oliver Mccalls tap dance , and Ray Mercer 12 round beat down of Lewis, Hell yeah Ray beat his country ass ;) those fukin judges ! ;D! . I really thought Mike would have taking him out. very disappointed in that fight

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Yeah I was just a kid when that fight went down, like 14 I think, or 13, I don't remember exactly, but I always liked Tyson, least how he fought not his antics, and I thought he had a real shot of knocking out Lennox. He was talking hella tough, and afterall Rahman did it. But instead he took a hellacious ass kicking, but took it like a man, no quitting, least not that night.
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Mayorga vs Delahoya >:mad :-[ :'(
Roy Jones vs Tarver II :o :'(
Roy Jones vs Glen Johnson :o :'(

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comments like that make me feel OLD as all fuk!~ LOL !

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Tyson - Lewis

I really thought Tyson would give Lennox a run for his money. I remember reflecting back on Rachman's one punch destruction of Lewis and Oliver Mccalls tap dance , and Ray Mercer 12 round beat down of Lewis, Hell yeah Ray beat his country ass ;) those fukin judges ! ;D! . I really thought Mike would have taking him out. very disappointed in that fight

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Yeah I was just a kid when that fight went down, like 14 I think, or 13, I don't remember exactly, but I always liked Tyson, least how he fought not his antics, and I thought he had a real shot of knocking out Lennox. He was talking hella tough, and afterall Rahman did it. But instead he took a hellacious ass kicking, but took it like a man, no quitting, least not that night.
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Mayorga vs Delahoya >:mad :-[ :'(
Roy Jones vs Tarver II :o :'(
Roy Jones vs Glen Johnson :o :'(

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comments like that make me feel OLD as all fuk!~ LOL !

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Was sad to watch Tyson get beat like that, I almost cried. But it wasn't the same mike tyson that would have had a chance against Lennox Lewis. And sadly that fight could never have happened. When Tyson was at his best Lennox was still an amateur(I think). Which lets you know how past his prime Tyson was when that fight went down. It was sad.

Most disappointing event would have to be...

The Ouma Karmazin fight.

How many people bought HBO Latino and then watched Ouma get the tar beat out of him :'(

Lamon Brewster vs. Andrew Golota.

I was at the United Center in Chicago when this fight took place. The partisan Polish crowd had just seen Adamek get a decision against Briggs and was in a nationalistic frenzy. The crowd went wild when Golota entered the ring. 57 seconds and three punches later the building was silent. So silent that I was able to sneak onto the main floor and shake hands with Jim Lampley.

Pac V Morales will be disappointing.

lennox lewis vs razor ruddock
lennox lewis vs andrew golota
sugar ray leonard vs marvin hagler
lennox lewis vs mike tyson
james bone crusher smith vs mike tyson was supoosed to be like foreman and lyle what a let down
nigel benn vs chris eubank 2
chris eubank vs michael watson 1
julian jackson vs gerald 2
muhammad ali vs sonny listnon 2
danny williams vs audley harrison

in recent fights i was dissapointed with -

Skelton Vs Williams

still gutted that Corrales Vs Castillio the 3rd never happened

I am looking forward to Ricky tap dancing on that Castillio ass ! O0

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in recent fights i was dissapointed with -

Skelton Vs Williams

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I also started to nod of after round 5 of lacy-Calzaghe.

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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

lennox lewis vs razor ruddock
lennox lewis vs andrew golota
sugar ray leonard vs marvin hagler
lennox lewis vs mike tyson
james bone crusher smith vs mike tyson was supoosed to be like foreman and lyle what a let down
nigel benn vs chris eubank 2
chris eubank vs michael watson 1
julian jackson vs gerald 2
muhammad ali vs sonny listnon 2
danny williams vs audley harrison

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Are you crazy? That was a fantastic fight! :o

Not as good as the 1st fight, but how could it be? ^-^

Oh... becuase it was a Draw? ::**

Why am i having a conversation with myself? :-\ :-\

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lennox lewis vs razor ruddock
lennox lewis vs andrew golota
sugar ray leonard vs marvin hagler
lennox lewis vs mike tyson
james bone crusher smith vs mike tyson was supoosed to be like foreman and lyle what a let down
nigel benn vs chris eubank 2
chris eubank vs michael watson 1
julian jackson vs gerald 2
muhammad ali vs sonny listnon 2
danny williams vs audley harrison

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Are you crazy? That was a fantastic fight! :o

Not as good as the 1st fight, but how could it be? ^-^

Oh... becuase it was a Draw? ::**

Why am i having a conversation with myself? :-\ :-\

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me personally i didnt enjoy it was hyped up but it wasnt good very scrappy didnt enjoy it at all mate

HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick: yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick: yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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I don't know mate, some fighter just have your number, and i think Evander had what it takes to beat the post Douglas Tyson ! Tyson lost his greatest asset in Kevin Rooney . Tyson had no discipline in 91, . Evander was the opposite, he had heart and determination factor and has love for the game and loved to be in the gym . Holyfield's goal all along , was to fight Tyson . Evander had been preparing himself for that show a long long time.

The only Tyson that beat Evander IMO , is the Cuz Da / Kevin Rooney Tyson, very small window maybe 2 -3 years where I think Tyson would have beat anyone, in any time period. ! 1986-1988 thats it ! activity was the key to Tyson's success, under Rooney Tyson fought about every 3 months. once Rooney was fired Mike fought about once , maybe twice a year and thus went to shit rather fast ! ;)

Holyfield was a very small (weight-wise) heavyweight back then though.

Would he have been ready?

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick: yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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I don't know mate, some fighter just have your number, and i think Evander had what it takes to beat the post Douglas Tyson ! Tyson lost his greatest asset in Kevin Rooney . Tyson had no discipline in 91, . Evander was the opposite, he had heart and determination factor and has love for the game and loved to be in the gym . Holyfield's goal all along , was to fight Tyson . Evander had been preparing himself for that show a long long time.

The only Tyson that beat Evander IMO , is the Cuz Da / Kevin Rooney Tyson, very small window maybe 2 -3 years where I think Tyson would have beat anyone, in any time period. ! 1986-1988 thats it ! activity was the key to Tyson's success, under Rooney Tyson fought about every 3 months. once Rooney was fired Mike fought about once , maybe twice a year and thus went to S*** rather fast ! ;)

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nah he wouldnt of beat every hw in history he beat berbick and michael spinks impressive what about james tillis giving tyson hell and tucker a prime holmes or ali would of beaten tyson

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick: yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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I don't know mate, some fighter just have your number, and i think Evander had what it takes to beat the post Douglas Tyson ! Tyson lost his greatest asset in Kevin Rooney . Tyson had no discipline in 91, . Evander was the opposite, he had heart and determination factor and has love for the game and loved to be in the gym . Holyfield's goal all along , was to fight Tyson . Evander had been preparing himself for that show a long long time.

The only Tyson that beat Evander IMO , is the Cuz Da / Kevin Rooney Tyson, very small window maybe 2 -3 years where I think Tyson would have beat anyone, in any time period. ! 1986-1988 thats it ! activity was the key to Tyson's success, under Rooney Tyson fought about every 3 months. once Rooney was fired Mike fought about once , maybe twice a year and thus went to S*** rather fast ! ;)

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agreed with everything u say!but if tyson holy fought in 91 i dont think holy would ko tyson,he was still hungry to get the title back .look at the shots he took from rudduck and he didnt even budge....but like u say the tyson from 85-88 would of had no problems with rudduck or holyfeild!peace

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Holyfield was a very small (weight-wise) heavyweight back then though.

Would he have been ready?

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I think so. Mike never had been challenged physically except by Douglas. other then that Mike never had someone fire right back. Tyson was weak mentally , confidence wise. he needed reassurance all the time, he was like a small child mentally. Someone like Evander who would fight right back and had hand speed and high determination factor would beat Tyson 9 out of 10 times. . now if Rooney was in Tyson's corner I would favor Tyson.

right now my take on this holyfield would fire back at tyson holyfield took bowes punches and come back at him he would take tysons punches holyfield had great footwork see 2nd bowe fight decent power and nice combos and of course granite chin no way tyson would ko holyfield i favour holyfield and prime holmes would pump that jab in tysons face all night and dance rings round him same with ali

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick: yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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I don't know mate, some fighter just have your number, and i think Evander had what it takes to beat the post Douglas Tyson ! Tyson lost his greatest asset in Kevin Rooney . Tyson had no discipline in 91, . Evander was the opposite, he had heart and determination factor and has love for the game and loved to be in the gym . Holyfield's goal all along , was to fight Tyson . Evander had been preparing himself for that show a long long time.

The only Tyson that beat Evander IMO , is the Cuz Da / Kevin Rooney Tyson, very small window maybe 2 -3 years where I think Tyson would have beat anyone, in any time period. ! 1986-1988 thats it ! activity was the key to Tyson's success, under Rooney Tyson fought about every 3 months. once Rooney was fired Mike fought about once , maybe twice a year and thus went to S*** rather fast ! ;)

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nah he wouldnt of beat every hw in history he beat berbick and michael spinks impressive what about james tillis giving tyson hell and tucker a prime holmes or ali would of beaten tyson

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yeah ice i will say this.tyson would go through states of passivness and lose his agression occasionally almost like he was bored with the fight eg:tillis,don halpin,and a few others i cant think of right now but with tucker,man tucker was one of the best of the 80's and imo better than lewis,at the time tucker was 35-0 unbeaten IBF champion and fought like a champion but tyson still dominated ;D

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick:    yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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I don't know mate, some fighter just have your number, and i think Evander had what it takes to beat the post Douglas Tyson ! Tyson lost his greatest asset in Kevin Rooney . Tyson had no discipline in 91, . Evander was the opposite, he had heart and determination factor and has love for the game and loved to be in the gym . Holyfield's goal all along , was to fight Tyson . Evander had been preparing himself for that show a long long time. 

The only Tyson that beat Evander IMO ,  is the Cuz Da / Kevin Rooney Tyson, very small window maybe 2 -3 years where I think Tyson would have beat anyone,  in any time period.  ! 1986-1988 thats it  ! activity was the key to Tyson's success, under Rooney Tyson fought about every 3 months. once Rooney was fired Mike  fought about once , maybe twice a year and  thus went to S*** rather fast !  ;)

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nah he wouldnt of beat every hw in history he beat berbick and michael spinks impressive what about james tillis giving tyson hell and tucker a prime holmes or ali would of beaten tyson

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yeah ice i will say this.tyson would go through states of passivness and lose his agression occasionally almost like he was bored with the fight eg:tillis,don halpin,and a few others i cant think of right now but with tucker,man tucker was one of the best of the 80's and imo better than lewis,at the time tucker was 35-0 unbeaten IBF champion and fought like a champion but tyson still dominated ;D

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tucker hurt hes right hand in training he was winning fight after 4 rounds after he wasnt using hes right hand if he hadnt injured his hand he would of won tucker had good footwork and he was taunting tyson i actually believe if he wouldnt of injured his hand in training he could of beat tyson by decision

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick: yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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I don't know mate, some fighter just have your number, and i think Evander had what it takes to beat the post Douglas Tyson ! Tyson lost his greatest asset in Kevin Rooney . Tyson had no discipline in 91, . Evander was the opposite, he had heart and determination factor and has love for the game and loved to be in the gym . Holyfield's goal all along , was to fight Tyson . Evander had been preparing himself for that show a long long time.

The only Tyson that beat Evander IMO , is the Cuz Da / Kevin Rooney Tyson, very small window maybe 2 -3 years where I think Tyson would have beat anyone, in any time period. ! 1986-1988 thats it ! activity was the key to Tyson's success, under Rooney Tyson fought about every 3 months. once Rooney was fired Mike fought about once , maybe twice a year and thus went to S*** rather fast ! ;)

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nah he wouldnt of beat every hw in history he beat berbick and michael spinks impressive what about james tillis giving tyson hell and tucker a prime holmes or ali would of beaten tyson

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yeah ice i will say this.tyson would go through states of passivness and lose his agression occasionally almost like he was bored with the fight eg:tillis,don halpin,and a few others i cant think of right now but with tucker,man tucker was one of the best of the 80's and imo better than lewis,at the time tucker was 35-0 unbeaten IBF champion and fought like a champion but tyson still dominated ;D

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tucker hurt hes right hand in training he was winning fight after 4 rounds after he wasnt using hes right hand if he hadnt injured his hand he would of won tucker had good footwork and he was taunting tyson i actually believe if he wouldnt of injured his hand in training he could of beat tyson by decision

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really i didnt know about his injured hand he didnt mention it at the post fight interview.but anyway how many rds did he win?4 and tyson8?if so id call that domination wouldnt you!

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HOLYFIELD V TYSON I not happening on november 8 1991 when originally planned

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:coolclick:    yeah i think the out come would have been different had the fight taken place in 1991,even though tyson wasnt at his best he was a damn site better than the tyson of 1996!peace ;D

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I don't know mate, some fighter just have your number, and i think Evander had what it takes to beat the post Douglas Tyson ! Tyson lost his greatest asset in Kevin Rooney . Tyson had no discipline in 91, . Evander was the opposite, he had heart and determination factor and has love for the game and loved to be in the gym . Holyfield's goal all along , was to fight Tyson . Evander had been preparing himself for that show a long long time. 

The only Tyson that beat Evander IMO ,  is the Cuz Da / Kevin Rooney Tyson, very small window maybe 2 -3 years where I think Tyson would have beat anyone,  in any time period.  ! 1986-1988 thats it  ! activity was the key to Tyson's success, under Rooney Tyson fought about every 3 months. once Rooney was fired Mike  fought about once , maybe twice a year and  thus went to S*** rather fast !  ;)

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nah he wouldnt of beat every hw in history he beat berbick and michael spinks impressive what about james tillis giving tyson hell and tucker a prime holmes or ali would of beaten tyson

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yeah ice i will say this.tyson would go through states of passivness and lose his agression occasionally almost like he was bored with the fight eg:tillis,don halpin,and a few others i cant think of right now but with tucker,man tucker was one of the best of the 80's and imo better than lewis,at the time tucker was 35-0 unbeaten IBF champion and fought like a champion but tyson still dominated ;D

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tucker hurt hes right hand in training he was winning fight after 4 rounds after he wasnt using hes right hand if he hadnt injured his hand he would of won tucker had good footwork and he was taunting tyson i actually believe if he wouldnt of injured his hand in training he could of beat tyson by decision

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really i didnt know about his injured hand he didnt mention it at the post fight interview.but anyway how many rds did he win?4 and tyson8?if so id call that domination wouldnt you!

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tyson won easily 8 rounds to 4 not saying that mate im just saying could of been different if he wouldnt of injured his right hand

fair enough hey im just curious,what time is it in pommy land,down under its midnight

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fair enough hey im just curious,what time is it in pommy land,down under its midnight

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im in uk its 15:09 here

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fair enough hey im just curious,what time is it in pommy land,down under its midnight

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im in uk its 15:09 here

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thats what i said!POMMY LAND !.......15:09= 3:09pm yes? no offence pommy,its just what aussies call the english haha

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fair enough hey im just curious,what time is it in pommy land,down under its midnight

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im in uk its 15:09 here

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thats what i said!POMMY LAND !.......15:09= 3:09pm yes? no offence pommy,its just what aussies call the english haha

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lol ok and yea 3:09 pm

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fair enough hey im just curious,what time is it in pommy land,down under its midnight

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im in uk its 15:09 here

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thats what i said!POMMY LAND !.......15:09= 3:09pm yes? no offence pommy,its just what aussies call the english haha

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We normally just call you theifs, Crimnals, Villians, ex cons or crooks... :P

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fair enough hey im just curious,what time is it in pommy land,down under its midnight

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thats what i said!POMMY LAND !.......15:09= 3:09pm yes? no offence pommy,its just what aussies call the english haha

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LOL We use the term so often yet so many dont know thats what we call them ;D

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fair enough hey im just curious,what time is it in pommy land,down under its midnight

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thats what i said!POMMY LAND !.......15:09= 3:09pm yes? no offence pommy,its just what aussies call the english haha

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We normally just call you theifs, Crimnals, Villians, ex cons or crooks... :P

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Thats beautiful adam, it brought a tear to my eye ;D :P